Reviews

The Raging Storm by Erin Hunter

sleepflowerrr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

amazon_hamster's review

5.0

This book does not deserve the hate like its generally really good. So the thing I liked about this book is all the little minor conflicts like Twigbranch and Finleaps relationship and Twigbranchs apprentice. And of course Dovewing. I also think gatherings have actually became interesting again like you don’t just say the prey is running well they’re actually accusing other clans and trying to solve problems. And there’s honestly nothing more entertaining then a whole load of cats arguing about something that is literally completely unneeded. Also Leafstar was completely correct.

Puddle shine and the battles were great and I just don’t think that this series deserves the hate, it’s probably my favourite warriors series

_michelle_'s review

1.0

After a decade, I'm finished with the Warriors series. I can't begin to describe how infuriating this arc is, but this franchise has been on the decline since Dawn of the Clans. So many older cats are behaving out of character, and the newer additions are boring af. I'm tired of ShadowClan being villians, and the lack of repercussions for breaking the Warrior Code is outrageous in Vision of Shadows.

I can't do it anymore, guys. I'm done.

erinngillespie's review

4.0

Now THAT is how you end a series ! this was such a well timed book . After reading the pack divided book I was starting to wonder if I was putting too much love on Erin`s books . So this one set me straight . It had everything ; a good story, love, character growth and drama . I was captivated throughout this entire book . The way that you had real sympathy for the villain , even after all that he did was so well written ! such a great read! This is a series that I see myself reading again and again .

the_aries_dragon_reader's review

4.0

A fabulous conclusion! 8/10

absurtiddy's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

rinku's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

3.0

The Raging Storm is the final book of the sixth arc of Warriors, A Vision of Shadows. I originally was generous and gave 3.5 stars but now looking back on it, it is more a three-star read. The plot is not really great but so absurd at times that it’s funny again – Moonkitti’s videos on this arc capture its strange vibe perfectly. 

Liked it had to happen, there’s conflict between the Clans around the territory of SkyClan, especially between them and ShadowClan while RiverClan is still kinda isolated from the other clans. This whole conflict is so stupid because it could be solved easily when every Clan would give a piece of their land to SkyClan. This conflict escalates when

ShadowClan attacks SkyClan in the middle of the night, destroys their camp and tries to poison them

. Not one of the other Clans is trying to help SkyClan. The rest of the plot is sadly quite predictable and the finale weak and a cliché happy ending. 

Here it becomes clear as well what a bad leader Bramblestar is because he’s not interfering and not trying to solve the problem. Say what you want about Firestar, but he would’ve at least tried to solve the conflict. Tigerstar is such a bad leader too; not only does he accuse Jayfeather again for killing Flametail – a conflict that was solved over ten(!) books ago – but he also threatens to kill Alderheart if he’s not able to heal Puddleshine. Talking about the leaders, I also really dislike Leafstar and honestly modern SkyClan in general. 

The romance got annoying here, like it does always in the series. While I liked Finleap in the last book, he was just terrible here and the definition of a nice guy. He’s annoying with already expecting a marriage and children with Twigbranch, manipulative when telling her that he’ll leave her if she doesn’t want to have kits with him, and unnecessary so jealous. The romance between Violetshine and Tree was better, but not great as well. Violetshine’s only focussing on him and in the end,

she’s already expecting his kits, sigh. As if having kits is the only way love can manifest itself

. 

I can’t say too much about the characters that I haven’t before. Some character developments were believable, like Twigbranch realizing how unnecessary mean she’s to Flypaw. In comparison, Tigerstar’s character development for example was really unbelievable; he realizes that his behaviour was wrong way too fast, and it seems that the Erins want to solve the final conflict as quickly as possible. 

Now coming to my final thoughts on A Vision of Shadows: Especially the first half of this arc is one of the better ones in the Warriors series. You can feel a new spirit with Vicky leaving the direct writing team – for better or for worse – and see some plotlines that we haven’t seen before/that often. But this arc has the same problems as most of the arcs: While the first half of the arc is full of plot, the second part just drags. Like I mentioned above, the plot was absurdly funny at some points, not as supernatural as arc three and four and generally better than those. But compared to those arcs, the characters are much weaker. There were just too many cats to bound to any of them; there are some names in the allegiances that I haven’t read in the text once. I hope this cast will become more interesting in The Broken Code. 

miavlb's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

skylacine's review against another edition

4.0

Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2020/11/book-review-warriors-arc-5-vision-of.html

celaena_coin's review against another edition

4.0

The last book of this series, actually, a really good ending to this "adventure". The writers did a good job wrapping up the story in a way that doesn't leave you hanging, but in a way, encourages the readers to continue onto the next series. (I know, another series?!)